277— Events Of The Past Resurface

The person at the center of all this chaos saw the expressions of worry and fear, and even heard some whispers here and there, but he didn't care. He now had a goal, and he was determined to achieve it within the shortest possible time.

Sitting in his office, he had just fixed a date for the contract signing with the Gaoyi Group when a call he had been expecting came in.

As he swiped up the "accept" icon, he could not hide the anticipation in his voice.

"Any news?"

"I went to the address you gave. No one lives there currently, and I gathered that the house has been put up for sale. Posing as a prospective buyer, I inspected the house. The real estate agent said the owner put it on sale over a year ago."

Han Leifeng stood up in disbelief. Pei Yueran doesn't live in City A anymore? She sold their house? He calmed down in the next second as he tried to rationalize.

It made sense of course. She had stayed there for too long, and XiaoChen going to school in a different City. She probably didn't want to hold on to the sad memories of the house.

Thinking like that, he focused on the other person, "Were you able to find out where she went to?"

"I was able to find out from a neighbor that she worked at AiChen Mobile company, but then got promoted and transferred to another city. The neighbor said it was the headquarters of the company, but I'm still working on finding more information."

Han Leifeng exhaled, "How about the orphanage?"

"Yes, there's still a thriving orphanage there, and the person running it is addressed as Director Zhou."

Han Leifeng nodded. That was his mother-in-law, the woman that treated him like a son. He was glad to hear that she was still around and doing well.

It made him feel like nothing had changed. That he could still walk in to the orphanage and be welcomed by her smile.

"How about the cemetery? Did you find anything?"

He didn't know the cemetery Pei Yueran chose to bury him in, but he wanted to find out. It didn't make sense since he was very much alive, but he just wanted to know.

In truth, he was just trying to hold on to any evidence that she had not forgotten him.

The man replied, "Yes, I eventually found out that it was at NanShan Cemetery. One of the attendants there said a woman and a boy used to visit regularly until a year ago."

Han Leifeng released a breath he didn't even know he had been holding.

"Good job. If you find anything else, let me know immediately."

"Yes sir. By the way, about the other issue, I have news."

Han Leifeng paused mid-stride. The only other issue was that of his accident many years ago. There was news?

"What is it?"

"My man was finally able to track down one police officer that retired at the time. After some sounding out, he said the accident was indeed due to drunk driving, but the driver was released on bail because his father was a person of influence."

Han Leifeng frowned. That was not what his father told him in the hospital all those years ago. His father made it sound as if it was Liu Zhizhen that arranged someone to cause the accident, and that was why he had to flee to protect himself.

"Are you sure about that?"

"Yes sir. In my presence, the officer called one of his contacts in the police station to help him check the files. According to the contact, the official suspect was called Du Zimo. He fled on the spot but was arrested a couple of days later."

Han Leifeng rolled the name on his tongue, but it felt foreign. He was sure he didn't know the person.

He asked, "And there is no possibility that he was working with Liu Zhizhen?"

"It's very unlikely. He was barely an adult at the time. According to his statement, he only went out with a group of friends to celebrate his admission to university. One thing led to another, they were drunk and daring, and so the accident happened."

The more Han Leifeng listened, the more unsettled he became. If it was truly this Du Zimo alone that accidentally caused the accident and it was not Liu Zhizhen's handiwork, then what did that mean?

That his father lied to him? And to what end? To separate him from his family and keep him as a spare, in case his father's heir died?

Han Leifeng consciously stopped himself from thinking along this line of thought. He would revisit it later, when he was in a better frame of mind, when he could think.

For now, he focused on the other man, "Anything else?"

"Not really, except that the boy's father came before they could charge him to court. Apparently he had connections, because they released him the next day. He also said a man claiming to be your family came to say and sign to the effect that you were not interested in pressing charges."

Han Leifeng was stunned. A man who was his family member? But Pei Yueran and his son were his only family at the time, and his wife was his next of kin. So who was this man?

Obviously, the only person who could say something like that and make the police obey, who else could it be but his father?

Han Leifeng clenched his hand so tightly that his veins stood out starkly, looking scary in the bright light coming in from his office window.

"Good job. Gather the relevant evidence and drop it at the usual spot . I'll come pick it up when it's ready."

"Yes sir."

The call ended, and Han Leifeng sat down hard. The new information was disturbing, but he would deal with that later. He forced himself to concentrate on the issue of his family.

He really wanted to beat himself up. He had been back to the country for about half a year, but he foolishly didn't try to look for his family.

He felt that staying away from them until he had complete control over the company was the best way to keep them safe. That was why he stopped himself from looking for her, listening for any news of her or even going to City A himself.

Now it sounded stupid even to his own ears.